Tuesday, November 24, 2015

I was watching a very bad pirate copy of Spectre when I did a couple of these. Can't wait to rent a proper copy of the movie on DVD.Added- My recent Joined Together thumbnails. Deleted- notes about some blogspot glitchiness.

I was watching a very bad pirate copy of Spectre when I did a couple of these. Can't wait to rent a proper copy of the movie on DVD.
Added- My recent Joined Together thumbnails. Deleted- notes about some blogspot glitchiness.

Saturday, November 21, 2015

Put together some handouts to help the young'ns with "process." After our last Zoo trip, I noticed most everybody took about the same amount of time on all their drawings. I asked them to try more variation, starting with quicksketches and eventually adding in a few renders.

Making those “process” sequences: 10 seconds on the sketch, then rush to the scanner–-5 minutes to scan, then pull the paper out, make three more lines, and scan it again….

I’m trying to force myself to show the students unpolished work, unexceptional work (all my own, of course). Easier to see the process when the drawing is missing real magic.

But these are kinda fun.

Posted for Ellis & Tom (doubt anyone else will be interested much): Here's the list of drawing requirements for the day. The Zoo opens at 10 AM, closes at 5. We worked all day, but only a few people managed to fulfill their full quota. Guess I'm the kinda Doctor who likes to over-prescribe.

Put together some handouts to help the young'ns with "process." After our last Zoo trip, I noticed most everybody took about the same amount of time on all their drawings. I asked them to try more variation, starting with quicksketches and eventually adding in a few renders.

Making those “process”
sequences: 10 seconds on the sketch, then rush to the scanner–-5 minutes to
scan, then pull the paper out, make three more lines, and scan it
again….

I’m trying to force myself to show the students unpolished work,
unexceptional work (all my own, of course). Easier to see the process
when the drawing is missing real magic.

But these are kinda fun.

Posted for Ellis & Tom (doubt anyone else will be interested much): Here's the list of drawing requirements for the day. The Zoo opens at 10 AM, closes at 5. We worked all day, but only a few people managed to fulfill their full quota. Guess I'm the kinda Doctor who likes to over-prescribe.

Now color.I may have to break a couple of things to fix some perspective issues.

Color. Now I can goof off at Amazing Con without worrying about something I should be doing.

Pushed the background back a bit and added textures depending on fore, mid, back- ground.I'm on my way to Amazing Con. Just helping a guy hold down his table.Do you have any questions for Rob Liefeld? I'll be hanging out with him.

Now color.
I may have to break a couple of things to fix some perspective issues.

Color. Now I can goof off at Amazing Con without worrying about something I should be doing.

Pushed the background back a bit and added textures depending on fore, mid, back- ground.
I'm on my way to Amazing Con. Just helping a guy hold down his table.
Do you have any questions for Rob Liefeld? I'll be hanging out with him.

Wednesday, November 18, 2015

I'm posting this because I'm fascinated by how differently all of us sketch and doodle when trying to come up with ideas. How different all of our thought processes are. I find I have to fill sketchbook after sketchbook with these stream of consciousness pages day after day in order to eventually move onto a finished drawing. And I don't know why, really. Why can't I just go directly to the finished piece?

I'm posting this because I'm fascinated by how differently all of us
sketch and doodle when trying to come up with ideas. How different all
of our thought processes are. I find I have to fill sketchbook after
sketchbook with these stream of consciousness pages day after day in
order to eventually move onto a finished drawing. And I don't know why,
really. Why can't I just go directly to the finished piece?

Monday, November 16, 2015

A demo I did for the benefit of my animal drawing students. The assignment is a motion study, and is not intended as an animation--just a series of drawings made from video reference of the student's choice. I found some sketchy footage of a gerenuk bounding for my source material.

I just sketched 'em out without doing the animation-y thing of making flippable drawings....just winged it. It has lots of glitches, but given my rustiness, I was relieved it looked even this good!

A demo I did for the benefit of my animal drawing students. The assignment is a motion study, and is not intended as an animation--just a series of drawings made from video reference of the student's choice. I found some sketchy footage of a gerenuk bounding for my source material.

I just sketched 'em out without doing the animation-y thing of making flippable drawings....just winged it. It has lots of glitches, but given my rustiness, I was relieved it looked even this good!